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23-year-old man arrested for running over stray dog in Bengaluru
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 1 (ANI): A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly running his car over a stray dog in the Jayanagar area of Bengaluru, said police on Monday.
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Afghanistan's NRF protests in front of White House opposing Taliban recogn
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Washington DC [US], January 31 (ANI): About 50 supporters of the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan led by activist Nasir Sabeer and Afghan women's rights activist Khalida Nawabi staged a protest on January 30 in front of the White House to oppose any efforts for recognition of T
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CCP will utilize Beijing Olympics to whitewash genocide, say rights activi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 28 (ANI): A few days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, several Uyghur activists and human rights experts at a webinar argued that the Winter Games will implicitly approve of the rights violation of the Muslim minority community in China.
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Afghan women's rights activists submit demands to Taliban delegates in Nor
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Oslo [Norway], January 26 (ANI): Afghan women's rights activists on Tuesday submitted demands to the Taliban delegates visiting Norway and called for the release of two female activists who disappeared last week.
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Taliban detain Afghan women activist, her sisters over staging protest in
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Kabul [Afghanistan], January 21 (ANI): A female human rights activist in Afghanistan, her two sisters and another activist have been taken from their homes on Thursday after recent protests in Kabul, friends and activists say, prompting suspicions they were detained by the Taliban, a media r
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China cracks down on human rights activists ahead of Winter Olympics next
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Beijing [China], January 20 (ANI): Chinese authorities are detaining human rights activists to strike out any potential dissent and criticism right ahead of the next month's Winter Olympics.
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Rights activists chide China's infamous detention methods
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): Human rights activists have chided China's infamous Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location (RSDL), highlighting that Chinese authorities torture and forcibly hold people without providing them with the right to legal counsel.
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Desmond Tutu's funeral set for January 1: Foundation
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Cape Town [South Africa], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The funeral of Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner will take place on January 1 in Cape Town, his foundation has announced.
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Biden expresses condolences over death of Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond
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Washington DC [US], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have expressed condolences over the death of Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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Desmond Tutu, S African anti-apartheid hero, 'a man who cared' dies at 90
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Pretoria [South Africa], December 26 (ANI): Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died at the age of 90.
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Most activists welcome Centre's move to raise minimum age of marriage for
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New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): Most women's rights activists have welcomed the Centre's move to increase the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, but a few said that this step alone would not empower women and several others were needed.
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Refusal to address Uyghur forced labour is betrayal of Europe's values: Ri
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Brussels [Belgium], December 13 (ANI): Ahead of the Beijing Olympics 2022, a Washington-based Uyghur rights activist has called on Europe to adhere to its values and take action against China's rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
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